We have another exciting episode coming your way focusing on the housing crisis impacting LGBTQ+ communities. The realities of being unhoused that impact LGBTQ+ youth and older adults, in particular, are manifold. Many queer people are either denied, rejected or can’t afford housing related to their identity or work circumstances. Join Jim Harvey (pronouns he/him) and I as we discuss the following:

• housing as a form of physical, emotional, and psychological security
• encouraging intergenerational discussion between youth and older adults
• the creation of One Roof Chicago meant to house LGBTQ+ individuals living in the South Side of Chicago

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References: 1) Healthy People 2030 (https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/quality-housing) 2) LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness (https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-housing-instability/#:~:text=Compared%20to%20non%2DLGBT%20people,%2C%20safe%2C%20and%20affordable%20housing.) .

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Jim Harvey is Executive Director for One Roof Chicago, a Chicago based development non-profit that is currently building intergenerational housing and services for LGBTQ+ seniors and young adults. He is a Masters level Public Health professional with more than 35 years of service to Community Health programs funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Bureau of Primary Health Care. He oversaw the development of the Capacity Building Assistance Program and managed a division of CDC’s National Prevention Information Network for several years. He also consulted for the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Georgia Department of Human Services Minority Health Division. Jim is a native of Chicago where he resides with his spouse of 24 years and their four dogs and a cat. He is also an avid collector of art from the African diaspora.

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Thank you for listening in! If you would like to read more about the charity we discussed today, please visit oneroofchicago.org. You can find references written in the biography. Let’s push the conversation more on Instagram @EQueerityPodcast, Twitter/X @EQueerityPod or on TikTok @theeqpod. Also, please subscribe here on YT! Full video podcast episodes are posted on YouTube which is also linked in bio or you can type The E(Queer)ity Podcast in the search bar. Take care and see you in the next episode! 😊

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If you have any ideas on another segment, yourself or someone you know who would like to come on as a guest, or any feedback/comments/questions, email [email protected].

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The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker's and guest's own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the organizations they are apart of or the people with whom they collaborate.

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